These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Needle holder damage to surgical needles.
    Author: Abidin MR, Thacker JG, Lombardi SA, Bond RF, Dunlap JA, Gordon KB, McGregor W, Edlich RF.
    Journal: Am Surg; 1989 Nov; 55(11):681-4. PubMed ID: 2817623.
    Abstract:
    Clamping surgical needles between the jaws of needle holders with teeth markedly weaken the needles, making them prone to breakage. In contrast, clamping surgical needles between either smooth needle holder jaws or jaws embedded with tungsten carbide particles did not alter the ductility of surgical needles.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]